Archive for December, 2008

National exams, national precautions

Posted under Korea on Monday, 29 December 2008 by admin
Saleem writes about the measures the South Korean government have set for the national exams: "Yesterday was a holiday here b/c 3rd grade high school students took the university entrance exam all across the country. Get this – during the Korean listening and English listening portions of...

First impressions of Osaka, Japan

Posted under Japan, Pictures on Saturday, 27 December 2008 by admin
Japan: Small coke is actually a small coke Grannies play Mario Kart and are actually good at it. Where are the garbage cans? Am I supposed to hold my trash all day? Namba The luminous tubes in the picture are the number one icon of Osaka. The running man in the middle has been a...

At a Korean PC room, playing Starcraft for two days straight

Posted under Entrepreneurship on Wednesday, 10 December 2008 by admin
Koreans love online gaming, example: This is a "PC room", where one can play multiplayer computer games online. PC rooms like this are extremely popular among South-Koreans, ever since Starcraft came out in 1997. You have a room like this every block! Interesting because the computer and broadband...

The Korean Demilitarized Zone

Posted under Korea, travel on Thursday, 4 December 2008 by admin
South Korea's military says it is preparing for the possibility that North Korea may try to provoke a naval skirmish along their disputed sea border. (december 2008, voanews.com) While things look calm for an expat, South and North Korea are officially still at war, because of that military...